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  "id": 58,
  "slug": "criminal-defamation",
  "term": "Criminal defamation",
  "definition": "An offence under which a statement that damages a person's reputation can lead to a fine or a prison sentence, rather than only to a civil lawsuit for damages. In India, the journalist Ravi Nair was sentenced to a year in prison and a fine in a criminal defamation case in February 2026.",
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  "pub_state": "published",
  "published_at": "2026-09-22T23:20:34Z",
  "reviewed_on": "2026-09-22",
  "revision": 1,
  "created_at": "2026-09-22T23:20:34Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-22T23:20:34Z",
  "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/glossary/criminal-defamation",
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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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